# उच्छ्वास
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsá). Doublet of उसाँस (usā̃s). By surface analysis, उद्- (ud-) +‎ श्वास (śvās).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʊt̪.t͡ʃʰʋɑːs/, [ʊt̚.t͡ʃʰʋäːs]

### Noun

उच्छ्वास • (ucchvās) m
* (formal) breathing out, a breath, sigh
* (rare) division of a book (especially a romance)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उच्छ्वास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “उच्छ्वास”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ut͡ɕ.t͡ɕʰʋas/

### Noun

उच्छ्वास • (ucchvās) m
* breathing

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “उच्छ्वास”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* উচ্ছ্বাস (Assamese script)
* ᬉᬘ᭄ᬙ᭄ᬯᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
* উচ্ছ্বাস (Bengali script)
* 𑰄𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰿𑰪𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* ဥစ္ဆွာသ (Burmese script)
* ઉચ્છ્વાસ (Gujarati script)
* ਉਚ੍ਛ੍ਵਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
* ꦈꦕ꧀ꦖ꧀ꦮꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
* 𑂇𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂹𑂫𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
* ಉಚ್ಛ್ವಾಸ (Kannada script)
* ឧច្ឆ្វាស (Khmer script)
* ອຸຈ຺ຉ຺ວາສ (Lao script)
* ഉച്ഛ്വാസ (Malayalam script)
* ᡠᢜᡮᠣᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘄𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘿𑘪𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
* ᠤᢋᠼᢦ᠎ᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦤𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧠𑧊𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐄𑐔𑑂𑐕𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
* ଉଚ୍ଛ୍ଵାସ (Odia script)
* ꢆꢗ꣄ꢘ꣄ꢮꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆇𑆖𑇀𑆗𑇀𑆮𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
* 𑖄𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖿𑖪𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
* උච‍්ඡ‍්වාස (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩒𑩡 𑪙𑩢 𑪙𑩾𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚄𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚶𑚦𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
* உச்ச்²வாஸ (Tamil script)
* ఉచ్ఛ్వాస (Telugu script)
* อุจฺฉฺวาส (Thai script)
* ཨུ་ཙྪྭཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
* 𑒅𑒔𑓂𑒕𑓂𑒫𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨃𑨣𑩇𑨤𑩇𑨭𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From उद्- (ud-) +‎ श्वास (śvāsá), from the root उच्छ्वस् (ucchvas). Many of its descendants derive from *ut-śvāsa, the form of उद्- (ud-) + श्वास (śvāsá) without applying the rules of sandhi. See also the descendants.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ut.t͡ɕʰʋɑː.sɐ́/, [ut̚.t͡ɕʰʋɑː.sɐ́]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ut̪ˈt͡ɕʰʋɑː.s̪ɐ/, [ut̪̚ˈt͡ɕʰʋɑː.s̪ɐ]

### Noun

उच्छ्वास • (ucchvāsá) stem, m
* breathing out
* breath, deep inspiration
* expiration, death
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मृत्यु
* sigh
* froth, yeast, foam
* swelling up, rising, increasing
* consolation, encouragement
* pause in a narration
* division of a book

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀲 (usāssa)
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Sylheti: ꠃꠀ (ua)
*** Odia: ଉସାସ (usāsa)
*** Middle Bengali: উছাস (uchas)
*** Early Assamese: উশাস (uśaso)
**** Assamese: উশাহ (uxah)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Old Marathi:
**** Marathi: उसासा (usāsā)
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: उसाँस (usā̃s)
    Urdu: اساس (usā̃s)
* Assamese: উচ্ছ্বাস (usssax)
* Bengali: উচ্ছ্বাস (ucchaś)
* Gujarati: ઉચ્છ્વાસ (ucchvās)
* Hindi: उच्छ्वास (ucchvās)
* Marathi: उच्छ्वास (ucchvās)
* Nepali: उच्छ्वास (ucchvās)
* Tamil: உச்சுவாசம் (uccuvācam)
* Telugu: ఉచ్ఛ్వాసము (ucchvāsamu)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “उच्छ्वास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 174.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2025) “ucchvāsa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ucchvāsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press